One of our authors, Randi Svensen, who has written about Tugboats for the Dictionary of Sydney, has just had her full length history of Australian tugboats, Heroic, Forceful and Fearless: Australia's Tugboat Heritage, published by Citrus Press, in Sydney.
The tug Hero towing Pamir to Sydney Heads, 1947 photograph by Max Dupain, National Library of Australia nla.pic-an21125310
Expanding on her detailed history of Sydney's tugboat masters, Randi has written the history through the stories of the great characters who owned the tugs, or skippered and crewed them.The book is named for three of the best known tugboats, which along with many others, helped make commerce and trade reliable and safe.
The book is available through Citrus Press, and in good bookshops.
